Time is running short for scientists hoping to collect data from 3I/Atlas, a massive interstellar object hurtling away from ...

The mystery of whether a Manhattan-sized object whizzing through the solar system is an alien probe or simply a comet may be ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The size of the solar system is defined by the volume ...

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

Loeb, who has been studying the comet since its discovery, noted that there is an 'unfavourable geometry' which hints at ...

Folks, it's official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from interstellar space. Yesterday, the intriguing stranger was named A11pl3Z. Now, it's ...

Our solar system and galaxy were the first objects of study for what was going on in the universe. Among the various ...

Our sun will run out of fuel in the distant future and become a white dwarf after going through a red giant phase. Astronomers at the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have discovered a distant ...